Cuff-button.



D. M. HENSLEY & E. M. SETHER. CUFF BUTTON. APPLIOATIOK iILBD MAY 8, 1914.

L1 33 ,859. Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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I To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, DAVID M. HENSLEY and EDWARD M. SnTrrER, citizens of' the United States, and residents of Decatur, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, have invented a-new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an improvement in cuff buttons, and has for its object to provide a device of the characterspecified, for connecting the ends of cuffs of the link type, that is, where the ends are superposed face to face instead ofbeing lapped upon each other, and wherein the button is formed from. a single strip of material I bent upon itself'in' such manner as to firmly clasp the ends of the cuff.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cuff provided with the improved button, Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing another manner of using the button, and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the strip from which the button is formed.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with a cuif 1 of the link type, having the usual holding tab 2, provided with a button hole 3, for engaging the button of the shirt. The button or fastener is formed from a strip 4 of metal of suitable character, the said strip being of suitable length, width and thickness, and having its ends rounded as shown.

Four notches 5 are provided in one side edge of the link, the notches being arranged in pairs, and the members of the pairs are spaced apart at the same distances. adjacent members of the pairs are slightly further apart than the remote members of the pairs. These notches may be formed in any desired manner, and are of a depth approximately one-third the width of the strip. The strip is first doubled upon itself at its transverse center to form a loop 6, and the loop is closed as shown, the ad jacent members of the pairs of notches 5 being just outside of the closed end of the loop. Beyond the loop the ends of the strip are bent to lie alongside each other in spaced relation as indicated at 7, the said members diverging beyond the notches 5 and then converging slightly toward each other, the extremities of the strip being then doubled back upon the central portion and outside The ' Y tease -as.

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i of -the'same as indicated at 8. The remote notches of the pairsare at "the junction of the portions 8 with the portions 7 and the portions Sare arched slightly longitudinally as shown- The free ends of the portions 8 are nearer the end of the loop'6. The improved button may as before stated, he of any deslred material, and the outer faces of the portions 8 may'be-ornamented if desired as indicated at 9 in Fig.1.

.In use, the button may be used to connect the ends'of the cuff-in several difi'erent manners. Asshown in Fig. 2, the-ends 8 ofthe .s'trip are passedthrough the button holes .10 of the cuff, from within outward,'so-that the inner faces ofthe portions 7 rest on the outer faces of theends' of the cuff, and the adjacent members of the pairs of notches engage the material of the cuff at the button hole. The button is thus locked from movement toward displacement by the engagement of the notches with the cuff. The device may also be arranged as shown in Fig. 4 where the button holes 10 of the cuff engage the button at the junction of the portions 7 and 8, and the remote members of the pairs of notches engage the material of the cuff to prevent displacement of the button. It is obvious that either arrangement could be inverted, so that the free ends of the portions 8 would extend upward instead of downward as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The improved button may be cheaply constructed, since it is formed from a single strip of material bent to shape. Furthermore it is not liable to become broken or damaged since there are no rivets or the like, the entire button being an integral structure.

The strip may be of gold or silver or of metal plated, filled or rolled with gold or silver and the outer faces of the portions 8 may be enameled or may be provided with a set of some stone if desired. It is obvious that this outer face affords an excellent location for decorating or ornamenting of any character, being of greater extent than the usual outer face of the ordinary form of button.

We claim 1. A device of the character specified, comprising a strip of metal having its ends rounded and provided in one side edge with a plurality of pairs of notches or recesses, the members of the pairs of notches being spaced apart from each other and the pairs being spaced apart and on opposite sides of the center of the strip, said strip being folded upon itself to form four portions of ap proximately equal length lying alongside each other, and with the remote members of the pairs of notches at the junction ofthe outermost portions with the innermost portions, the innermost portions of the strip being bent to form a' loop at the connected ends of the said portions and then being bent outward to lie alongside each other in spaced relation and with the adjacent members of the pairs of notches between the loop and the said last-named portions.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a strip of metal provided in one side edge with a plurality of pairs of notches or recesses spaced apart from each other, the pairs lying upon opposite sides of the transverse center of the strip, said strip being folded upon itself to form inner and outer portions of approximately the same length and lying alongside each other in spaced relation and with the remote memofthe outermost and innermost portions, the portions of the strip on eachside of the transverse center being bent into contact between the said center and-the adjacent members of the pairs of notches. j

3. A device of the character specified, comprisinga strip of metal provided in one side edge with a plurality of pairs of notches or recesses spaced apart from each other, the pairs lying upon opposite sides of the transverse center of the strip, said strip being folded upon itself to form inner and outer portions of approximately the same: length and lying alongside each other in spaced relation, and with the remote members of the pairs of notches at'the junction of the outermost and innermost portions.

DAVID M. HENSLEY. EDWARD M. SETHER.

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